Omake

Omake is a small free gift(it's hard to explain...somebody help me!).
A few weeks ago I bought a bottle of apple juice.It came with  one of the characters from "ONE PIECE" (Japan's NO.1 manga in recent years)on a small mobile phone strap.

It's a promotion for boosting sales,one of many in Japan where choices are many and competition high.
In this case the juice company is using the huge popularity of "ONE PIECE"and timing their promotion to coincide with the soon to be released movie version.
It was a huge success the product was sold out with in a few days.

Kawaii

         What are these???
                Chocolate?         Soap?       Ice cream?

Believe it or not they're Yudetamago.(boiled eggs)
Today I'll show you how to make these kawaii (cute)yudetamago.

These are moulds which
I bought in a  ￥100 shop.

They cost only ￥100  for 2.




They're light made from plastic.

The method is so simple,just boil the eggs in the normal way for 10 mins but instead of cooling,peel the eggs while still hot.
 (this is the only tricky part  Ouch!!! )

Then,put the hot shelled eggs into the moulds and let them cool in a bowl of cold water for 10mins.

Be careful when taking the eggs from the mould as it's easy to ruin the shape.

Another interesting but simple Japanese invention!!!

Japan to use these kawaii shapes for making bento boxes. 

☆　Have you read  about Kawaii kuma?　☆

Kuma

Kuma means bear.
Yesterday when I was waiting for the lights, I noticed new poster in the window of "Mister Donut"(spell is different for the shop name).It was advertising some new bear-shaped doughnuts,which are available for a limited time only!!!They were so cute, I couldn't resist,I went in and bought some.
Japanese females are bulnerable to this kind of marketing.
We love everything kawaii(cute) staff."Hello Kitty" is a well-known example.





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